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Google Chrome May Have Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device

You might not have asked for an AI model on your computer, but you might have gotten it anyway. Google Chrome has been ...
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Google defends Chrome’s silent Gemini installs, but doesn’t address the real issue

Frustrations over a file point to a larger issue with Chrome ...
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Guy finds Google Chrome is quietly installing a 4GB AI model on our devices

Google Chrome is reaching into users’ machines and writing a 4GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking, Alexander ...

Google responds to Chrome’s silent Gemini Nano install, stops short of addressing consent

Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome's practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini ...
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"This app can't run on your PC": Google's Chrome Installer broke on Windows, but there's a fix

If you're setting up a new Windows 11 laptop or desktop or switching browsers to Google Chrome right now, you may have run into this persistent blue pop-up error ...
Digital Trends

Can’t install Chrome? You aren’t alone, and here’s a fix

If you have tried to install Google Chrome only to be met with an error, here’s the good news: it’s not just you. The problem first popped up yesterday with widespread reports on Reddit and other ...
Android Authority

Can't install Chrome on your PC? Google may have messed up (Update: Fixed)

Google Chrome’s installer reportedly refuses to open on Intel and AMD computers. It seems like Google may have accidentally served the Arm version of the installer ...